| Popis: |
Although Person-Organization (PO) fit has been studied over the last few decades, the majority of the research has focused on the organization selecting the person, rather than the person selecting the organization. Therefore, the present study sought to focus on the applicant side of PO fit and investigate how employee referrals influence an applicant's experience in the hiring process. The sample consisted of 179 job seeking applicants with fulltime work experience who completed an online survey posted on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Contrary to predictions, there was no difference in valuing fit between applicants who had negative PO fit experiences and those who did not have negative PO fit experiences. There was also no significant relationship between applicants' years of work experience and importance of fit, nor between applicants' age and importance of fit. It was also found that there were no differences in value of PO fit between those who had an employee referral and applicants who did not have an employee referral. A positive relationship, however, was found between applicants' perceptions of referrer PO fit and applicants' perceptions of their own fit, suggesting that employee referrals may impact perceived PO fit. This research has implications for advertising from an employer perspective, as well as for increasing the strength of recruiting employees through an employee referral. Future research should further investigate what factors specifically impact the referrer fit and self-fit relationship. |
